The case concerned applications for care orders. Four young girls would be separated from their elder sister and their mother, who sought interim contact. The judge disagreed with the care plan proposed by the local authority. His powers were, either to allow the care order and submit them to the care plan, or to refuse the care order, and have them with a possibly inappropriate carer. The local authority had since concluded that adoption would no longer succeed. A placement with a foster family might allow renewed contact, once the issue of care order came back to court, it was for the judge to settle the issue of contact. That is what the court should consider once a placement had been found.
Citations:
[1996] EWCA Civ 1045
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Re S and D (Child Care Powers of the Court ) CA 1995
The court considered the powers of the court in care proceedings where it did not approve the authority’s proposed care plan. The judge had made supervision orders in relation to both children coupled with an injunction restraining the mother from . .
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Adoption, Children
Updated: 03 November 2022; Ref: scu.140912